A bell, though—that’s f*cked up.

It’s that time of year to once again bring out David Sedaris’ hilarious story about Easter—as explained by a beginning-level French class—“Jesus Shaves.” I posted an excerpt last year, but you can also listen to a reading of it that he gave before an audience in San Francisco a few years ago. It was broadcast on public radio as part of an episode of This American Life (Real audio, skip to about 47:15 into the clip). Funny stuff.

This photo is of my copy of Me Talk Pretty One Day. I met David Sedaris for the first time at a reading in 2000, and asked him to sign the opening page of “Jesus Shaves.” He wrote, “To Jeff / What would Jesus do?” Bust a gut laughing, listening to this story, I’d think.